By Mildred Cavallo
Winter Sonnet
Oh go away oh crowded blackened skies —
And send a multicolored spring to spread
A melted warmth upon a world that cries,
A brilliant dream to wake the dauntless dead.
Oh leave my side oh sallow sunken night —
And take with you your scorching biting sounds
That stab my ears with daggers filled with fright
And slide my brain and body through the ground.
I long to grasp a gentleness — by brain
Or voice or touch — it matters not the way,
No dusty dreams or escalating pain,
No wanton words to snatch my soul away.
I yearn to listen to sweet scented tones
but darkened winter whines within my bones.
First Snow
A graceful snowflake
Dances down a midnight sky —
Leafless trees applaud.
Rage
I mugged old winter.
Slugged it — stripped it — murdered it
then buried its bones.
Christmas
Like cattle we charge —
Credit cards are molested,
God gets a migraine.
Mildred “Mimi” Cavallo, now retired, is a resident of Independence Plaza and her poetry has been published in several publications.
